Dr. Chrysostomou earned his medical degree from Hungary, he completed his pediatric residency at University of Minnesota, pediatric cardiology fellowship at Jackson Memorial Hospital, University of Miami, and he was the first Cardiac ICU fellow at Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, University of Pittsburgh.

Dr. Chrysostomou is nationally recognized in the field of Cardiac Intensive Care with numerous publications and presentations. More importantly he has a unique knowledge in the establishment and advancement of cardiac critical care programs.

Dr. Chrysostomou is nationally known for his pioneer work on dexmedetomidine with the discovery of novel antiarrhythmic properties for the implementation of neurodevelopmentally safer sedation and analgesia protocols and for his studies on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), achieving above national survival.